David vs. Goliath

Trials are rarer than you might think. But you still want a lawyer who’s qualified, experienced, and will fight for you in court — if it comes to that. So how can you determine the best lawyer for your case?

It comes down to two important things: board certification and trial experience.

If an attorney is board-certified, it means that they’ve passed an exam, taken a certain number of cases to court, and have people that can vouch for their credibility. According to Matt Dolman, less than 2% of civil trial lawyers are board-certified — because it’s not an easy badge of honor to obtain. So, if you find an attorney who’s board-certified, you know you’ll be getting top-tier service. 

And you don’t want an attorney who has never taken a case to trial. It may seem obvious, but many fall victim to the flashy billboard advertisements and commercials. Some of these billboard lawyers don’t have any trial experience, and it could cost you a great settlement.

Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyers Matt Dolman and Stan Gipe. Together, they discuss what to look for in a trial lawyer, including board certification, a history of taking cases to trial, and someone who is willing to push back on insurance companies and give you the highest offer possible.

• [00:49] Matt Dolman introduces his guest, Stan Gipe
• [01:26] What does it mean to be board certified?
• [05:31] Why insurance companies aren't afraid of lawyers who have never tried a case
• [11:35] Stan breaks down the process of a personal injury case
• [13:41] The number one reason an attorney won’t take your case to trial
• [16:22] Why you should seek a board-certified attorney who has tried cases before

Name Matthew A. Dolman, Esq.

Title: Partner at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Matt is a nationally recognized insurance and personal injury attorney and focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. 

Connect: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram

Name Stanley Gipe, Esq.

Title: Partner and Head of Litigation at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Stan is a Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. This distinction connotes expertise in the discipline of trial practice. He has served as lead counsel on over 1,000 Florida personal injury lawsuits.

• Why Hire a Board Certified Lawyer
• What to Expect if You Have to Go to Trial

The insights and views presented in “David vs. Goliath” are for general information purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. The information presented is not a substitute for consulting with an attorney. Nor does tuning in to this podcast constitute an attorney-client relationship of any kind. Any case result information provided on any portion of this podcast should not be understood as a promise of any particular result in a future case. Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers: Big firm results, small firm personal attention.

What are mass torts? Mass torts are a series of lawsuits in the hundreds, sometimes thousands, brought against a manufacturer of a defective product, medication, or device that harms numerous people. An example of a mass tort is paraquat injury lawsuits. 

What is a paraquat injury? Paraquat is a herbicide that kills weeds, and farmers use it as an agricultural grass and crop control chemical. However, it contains toxic chemicals that can cause severe injuries if inhaled or absorbed through the skin. It is often released onto a farm using different types of drifts and overspray. 

Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and Legal Clerk Mike Furdock. Together, they discuss exposures to paraquat, the scary connection between paraquat and Parkinson's disease, the stages and symptoms of the disease, the litigation process for paraquat injuries, and what to do if you or a loved one is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. 

• [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his guest, Mike Furdock, and introduces the topic of the day: Exposures to Paraquat
• [01:22] What is Paraquat?
• [02:40] How is Paraquat released to the environment? 
• [03:15] People who are at risk of Paraquat poisoning
• [04:21] How prevalent are Paraquat injury cases?
• [05:34] Multi-district litigation of Paraquat exposure cases: how it works
• [06:57] Banned in over 30 countries, what is the government doing about the Paraquat problem?
• [07:39]What is Parkinson's disease?
• [08:58] Stages of Parkinson's disease
• [11:15] The scary relationship between Paraquat exposure and Parkinson’s disease 
• [12:01] What to do if you or someone you know is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease?

Name Matthew A. Dolman, Esq.

Title: Partner at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Matt is a nationally recognized insurance and personal injury attorney and focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. 

Connect: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram 

Name Mike Furdock

Title: Legal Clerk at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Mike is a Legal Clerk at Dolman Law Group. He is a 3L J.D. Candidate at Stetson University College of Law ‘22. His focus is on trial advocacy with the goal of eventually practicing civil/personal injury litigation to serve those who have been victims of Human Trafficking, catastrophic trauma, and other crimes of sexual abuse and exploitation.

Connect:  LinkedIn 

• Unified Parkinson's Advocacy Council
• Multi-District Litigation, MDL
• Bellwether trials
• Paraquat Lawsuit: Exposure to Toxic Herbicide Thought to Cause Parkinson’s Disease

The insights and views presented in “David vs. Goliath” are for general information purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. The information presented is not a substitute for consulting with an attorney. Nor does tuning in to this podcast constitute an attorney-client relationship of any kind. Any case result information provided on any portion of this podcast should not be understood as a promise of any particular result in a future case. Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers: Big firm results, small firm personal attention.

The COVID-19 pandemic is still out there, but some of the restrictions are off, and everyone can't seem to wait for sports to return. If you live in St. Petersburg, Florida, you know we love our sports. But what can two elite personal injury lawyers in Tampa teach you as they banter about sports in Tampa? 

Matt Dolman still has a score from last year's World Series to settle with the Rays' Kevin Cash for his idiotic move of pulling Blake Snell, who was pitching a beautiful game. Matt thinks the Rays don't have the proper setup or owner going into the new year. He thinks the Rays' owner, Stuart Sternberg, is not committed to winning. 

Learn more in this David vs. Goliath podcast episode with elite personal injury lawyers Matt Dolman and Stan Gipe. Together, they discuss their love of Tampa teams, their hope and fear for the future of The Rays and Bucs, the racial challenges in sports, athletes, and coaches doing it right in different sports, and more.  

• [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his co-host, Stan Gipe, and introduces the topic of the day: sports in Tampa
• [03:09] How The Rays will set up this year and what to expect
• [05:36] Sports bring us all together
• [06:03] Matt is worried about the Bucs next year, and you should too
• [08:41] Deshaun Watson and the professional athletes who think they’re being paid monster salaries to be happy 
• [11:50] Why are there so few black coaches in the NFL? 
• [13:21] How many former football players become coaches? 
• [15:25] Did Hugh Culverhouse have a thing against black athletes?
• [17:20] Is Bruce Arians the most inclusive NFL coach? 

Name Matthew A. Dolman, Esq.

Title: Partner at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Matt is a nationally recognized insurance and personal injury attorney and focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. 

Connect: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram 

Name Stanley Gipe, Esq.

Title: Partner and Head of Litigation at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Stan is a Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. This distinction connotes expertise in the discipline of trial practice. He has served as lead counsel on over 1,000 Florida personal injury lawsuits.

• Charlotte Sports Park 

The insights and views presented in “David vs. Goliath” are for general information purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. The information presented is not a substitute for consulting with an attorney. Nor does tuning in to this podcast constitute an attorney-client relationship of any kind. Any case result information provided on any portion of this podcast should not be understood as a promise of any particular result in a future case. Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers: Big firm results, small firm personal attention.

Massive events like the Superbowl bring a lot of buzz and attention to any city hosting it. It will be no different in Tampa, but sadly, there's evidence that these events also attract illegal vices like sex trafficking. In the last Superbowl held in Miami, 40 individuals were arrested for sex trafficking, and they recovered four girls under 18.

As the Superbowl comes to Tampa, it's our duty as citizens to say something if we see something. But what do you need to look for, and what are the signs of sex trafficking? Sex traffickers operate on the fringes of legal businesses like the hospitality industry. What you can look out for are cash motel reservations in cash without an ID.

Learn more in this David vs. Goliath podcast episode with elite personal injury lawyers Matt Dolman and Stan Gipe. Together, they discuss the problem of sex trafficking during events like the super bowl, how to potentially identify a hotel or motel enabling sex trafficking, how to help a victim, and more. 

• [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his co-host, Stan Gipe
• [00:54] Stan introduces the topic of the day: sex trafficking 
• [01:51] What are the signs of sex trafficking
• [02:17] Sex trafficking is not limited to minors: how they operate
• [03:52] Hotels and motels are complicit: how to spot and make them pay  
• [08:22] Why suing complicit hotels and motels works
• [09:42] Why we care about sex trafficking cases 
• [10:34] Ignorance is not an excuse
• [12:19] We must also go after those who sexually exploit minors 
• [14::56] Labor trafficking is not left out 
• [17:16] Undocumented or not, you can sue sex traffickers 

Name Matthew A. Dolman, Esq.

Title: Partner at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Matt is a nationally recognized insurance and personal injury attorney and focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. 

Connect: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram 

Name Stanley Gipe, Esq.

Title: Partner and Head of Litigation at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Stan is a Florida Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. This distinction connotes expertise in the discipline of trial practice. He has served as lead counsel on over 1,000 Florida personal injury lawsuits.

• History of Superbowl in Tampa
• Nationwide Human Trafficking Lawyer

The insights and views presented in “David vs. Goliath” are for general information purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. The information presented is not a substitute for consulting with an attorney. Nor does tuning in to this podcast constitute an attorney-client relationship of any kind. Any case result information provided on any portion of this podcast should not be understood as a promise of any particular result in a future case. Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers: Big firm results, small firm personal attention.

In the world of boxing, styles make fights. As the world looks forward to the fight between Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia, three-time world champion Winky Wright shared his thoughts about it and more. 

Winky thinks it's Spence's fight to lose because he is strong and a good puncher, but Mikey is good with using angles and speed and will try to beat Spence to the punch and box around him. But one good punch from Spence, and it could be all over. Still, it promises to be a good fight.

Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman featuring Winky Wright. They discuss upcoming welterweight boxing fights to look out for, what to expect from each fighter and just how good is Lomachenko?

• [00:49] Matt Dolman welcomes his guest, Winky Wright
• [01:55] Styles make fights: what Winky thinks about Errol Spence and Mikey Garcia's matchup
• [02:22] Sometimes, it only takes one good shot
• [03:19] Winky's thoughts on Keith Thurman's upcoming fight
• [05:34] Keith could be going into that fight rusty, having been out of the ring a while
• [07:10] Another fight to look out for and what to expect: Manny Pacquiao Vs. Adrien Broner
• [08:55] What Winky thinks about Terence Crawford against Amir Khan.  
• [10:16] How good is Lomachenko?  

Name Matthew A. Dolman, Esq.

Title: Partner at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Matt is a nationally recognized insurance and personal injury attorney and focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. 

Connect: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram 

Name Winky Wright

Title: American former professional boxer

Bio: Winky Wright is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1990 to 2012. He is a three-time light middleweight world champion and was the last to hold the undisputed title at that weight until Jermell Charlo in 2022.

Connect: Instagram 

• Winky Wright vs. Shane Mosley

The insights and views presented in “David vs. Goliath” are for general information purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. The information presented is not a substitute for consulting with an attorney. Nor does tuning in to this podcast constitute an attorney-client relationship of any kind. Any case result information provided on any portion of this podcast should not be understood as a promise of any particular result in a future case. Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers: Big firm results, small firm personal attention.

No car accident is too small to cause pain and suffering. Sometimes even a fender bender can cause pain, depending on the level of impact, which is why the absence of visible injuries is no excuse for not getting checked after an accident. You need to certify that you don't have to worry about any common injuries associated with car accidents. What are some of these pain-causing injuries?

There are sprains, strains of the neck, the back, and many shoulder injuries. You could also have spine pain which can travel to your hands, legs, and even your toes. When you start to feel numbness and tingling in your hands or feet, there could be an injury to the nerves. No thanks to muscular spasms or injuries from trauma during the car accident. The injuries can be worse. You can also experience bladder incontinence or inability to hold your bowels after a car accident.

Learn more in this episode of the David vs. Goliath podcast with elite personal injury lawyer Matt Dolman and his guest, Dr. Ian Rainey. They discuss neck and back injuries you could sustain after an accident, how they can make you feel or not, treatment options, and when to see a surgeon. 

• [00:48] Matt Dolman welcomes his guest, Dr. Ian Rainey, and introduces the topic of the day: common injuries from automobile accidents that can affect your neck and back
• [01:12] What is radiculopathy, and any correlation to the numbness and tingling in your hands or feet after an accident? 
• [03:17] How physicians diagnose and alleviate radiculopathy
• [04:21] When does a nerve injury require you to see a surgeon? 
• [06:25] Why it is pertinent to get an MRI after an auto accident 
• [07:39] The role of the physician in your injury case 
• [09:13] Acute versus pre-existing injuries, how does the chiropractor differentiate? 
• [10:20] When surgery becomes inevitable 
• [11:36] What is the maximum medical improvement?
• [12:51] Other common car accident injuries
• [13:54] The difference between radiculopathy and neuropathy
• [15:02] How car accident victims ruin their injury case

Name Matthew A. Dolman, Esq.

Title: Partner at Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers, PA

Specialty: Matt is a nationally recognized insurance and personal injury attorney and focuses much of his practice on the litigation of catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases throughout Florida. 

Connect: LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram 

Name Dr. Ian Rainey

Title: Doctor of Chiropractic at Rainey Chiropractic & Car Injury Clinic

Specialty: Dr. Rainey is a chiropractic physician and a graduate of Life University. He specializes in helping people get out of pain, improve their health and return to pre-injury status. He comes from a family of holistic physicians who specialize in providing health.

Connect: LinkedIn 

• Neuropathy and Radiculopathy
• Cauda Equina
• Dermatomes 
• Bulging Disc or Herniation
• Lordosis
• Acute versus Pre existing Injuries
• Maximum Medical Improvement
• Lumbar Radiculopathy

The insights and views presented in “David vs. Goliath” are for general information purposes only and should not be taken as legal advice for any individual case or situation. The information presented is not a substitute for consulting with an attorney. Nor does tuning in to this podcast constitute an attorney-client relationship of any kind. Any case result information provided on any portion of this podcast should not be understood as a promise of any particular result in a future case. Dolman Law Group Accident Injury Lawyers: Big firm results, small firm personal attention.